Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 2J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1908 - Law |
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... directed to be paid . Remedy : by action of debt , ( which , in such cases , is fre- quently a popular , frequently a qui tam action , ) to compel the specific payment ; or sometimes by action on the case , for damages ...
... directed to be paid . Remedy : by action of debt , ( which , in such cases , is fre- quently a popular , frequently a qui tam action , ) to compel the specific payment ; or sometimes by action on the case , for damages ...
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... directed against the very person himself who seeks relief . In all other cases it is a general and indisputable rule , that where there is a legal right there is also a legal remedy , by suit or action at law , whenever that right is ...
... directed against the very person himself who seeks relief . In all other cases it is a general and indisputable rule , that where there is a legal right there is also a legal remedy , by suit or action at law , whenever that right is ...
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... directed to the judges of the Common Pleas , commanding them to open that court to the bar at large , on the ground that it would tend to the general despatch of business . This order was received , and the court acted accordingly . But ...
... directed to the judges of the Common Pleas , commanding them to open that court to the bar at large , on the ground that it would tend to the general despatch of business . This order was received , and the court acted accordingly . But ...
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... directed by a decree of the senate not to exceed in any case ten thousand sesterces , * or about 801 . of English money . ( f ) " And , in order to encourage due freedom of * 29 ] ( a ) Pre audience in the courts is reckoned of so much ...
... directed by a decree of the senate not to exceed in any case ten thousand sesterces , * or about 801 . of English money . ( f ) " And , in order to encourage due freedom of * 29 ] ( a ) Pre audience in the courts is reckoned of so much ...
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... directed to make affidavit that the cause of action does really and bona fide amount to 408 .; which affidavit is now unaccountably disused , ( b ) except in the ( * ) Centeni ex singulis pagis sunt , idque ipsum inter suos vocantur ...
... directed to make affidavit that the cause of action does really and bona fide amount to 408 .; which affidavit is now unaccountably disused , ( b ) except in the ( * ) Centeni ex singulis pagis sunt , idque ipsum inter suos vocantur ...
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